Famous people, preconceptions busted/confirmed

Famous people, preconceptions busted/confirmed

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wolfracesonic

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6,974 posts

127 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Has anyone ever met a famous person and found the individual concerned totally the opposite of their public persona, for better or worse? Or just as you expected (or worse). I'll start the ball rolling by saying I've never met a famous person.

Chunkymonkey71

13,015 posts

198 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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I met Mr Roper.

He's a fking legend!

MrBrightSi

2,912 posts

170 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Met JK at RaceRetro a few years ago.

Showed up in a white swb audi quattro, never thought the man went for anything other than exotica, was happy to let my mate get a photo.

Was nice to see he's not quick to usher away people who don't know his full discography.

Edit- This thread needs a link to the jason plato thread where he rightly ripped into some basement dweller.

Dilligaf10

2,431 posts

210 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Robbie Coltrane, not the nicest person on the planet!

hajaba123

1,304 posts

175 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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I guess a few people who met Jimmy Saville for the first time may have had this experience?

Pommygranite

14,244 posts

216 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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I stalked Jason Plato outside a dry cleaners once. He was very nice and his head was massive.


Vaud

50,418 posts

155 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Bernie E. V nice.
Ron Dennis. Very funny in a dry sense of humour way.


ruff'n'smov

1,092 posts

149 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Cilla Black, vile, pompous, stuck up cow.

Ganglandboss

8,305 posts

203 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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I met Stuart Hall. I was under age at the time, and he plied me with alcohol and touched me.

My uncle had a pub and his quiz team had reached the final of a Pub Quiz themed game show called 'Quiz Night'. They had tables and chairs laid out at the front, where they seated the supporters of each team. To add to the appearance of being in a pub, the crew gave us drinks. Stuart Hall, who was the quiz-master, appeared and started helping serve the drinks. I was seventeen at the time, but managed to pass for eighteen in most places. Stuart Hall poured my drink and shook my hand.

General Price

5,249 posts

183 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Ganglandboss said:
I met Stuart Hall. I was under age at the time, and he plied me with alcohol and touched me.

My uncle had a pub and his quiz team had reached the final of a Pub Quiz themed game show called 'Quiz Night'. They had tables and chairs laid out at the front, where they seated the supporters of each team. To add to the appearance of being in a pub, the crew gave us drinks. Stuart Hall, who was the quiz-master, appeared and started helping serve the drinks. I was seventeen at the time, but managed to pass for eighteen in most places. Stuart Hall poured my drink and touched me under the bridge.
hehe

Pommygranite

14,244 posts

216 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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ruff'n'smov said:
Cilla Black, vile, pompous, stuck up cow.
You didn't get picked did you.


Monkeylegend

26,326 posts

231 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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ruff'n'smov said:
Cilla Black, vile, pompous, stuck up cow.
Surprise, surprise.

lerd

227 posts

196 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Clarkson. Absolute legend nice chap

longshot

3,286 posts

198 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Anthony Edwards (Goose in Top gun). Really lovely bloke.

HTP99

22,529 posts

140 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Max Clifford; used to see him regularly as he lived in the village/town where I work and filled up his Rolls Royce in the garage opposite work.

Thoroughly nice guy, always up for a quick chat.

The person who mentioned Cilla Black; my wife used to work with the sister of Max Clifford's now ex wife; she had met Cilla Black a few times at parties that Max Clifford hosted, she said she was a horrible woman; absolutely nothing like her on screen persona, totally up herself.

HTP99

22,529 posts

140 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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lerd said:
Clarkson. Absolute legend nice chap
A few years ago he was filming locally; TBH Dunsfold isn't far away from where I live anyway, he and some of his film crew popped into the pub that the MIL works at, she said he was a lovely guy and would happily chat to anyone.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

186 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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William Hague. I imagined him to be quite weedy and he's a big lad in the flesh.

poing

8,743 posts

200 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Charlene Spitery... or whatever she's called. The singer from the band Texas.

I was chatting to her at a busy bar while waiting for the barman to notice us, she was really nice and just chatted away happily. I had no clue who she was, which might have helped.

sc0tt

18,037 posts

201 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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Met, jezza. Called will yound a gay bloke. Nice chap.

Met hammond. Seemed up his own arse.

StuntmanMike

11,671 posts

151 months

Friday 6th March 2015
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I went on Jim'll fix it when I was about 12, he was OK with me, he fixed it for me to milk a cow blindfolded.